Perambulator



Dec. 13, 1932, POWERS 1,890,469

PERAMBULATOR Filed y 18. 1931 INVENTOR.

A UNITED STATES aosnrn'zr. POWERS, or ROOSEVELT, new YORK, AssrGNon' or ONE-TWENTIETH To Patented Dec. 13, 1932 ATENT OFFICE I WILLIAM J. STEELE, F BALDWIN, NEwYoRx,

PEB-AMBULATOR Application filed May '18, 1931. Serial No. 538,207.

My invention relates to improvementsin hand propelledvehicles and more particular ly in baby carriages or perambulators.

In baby carriages, asheretofore construct ed, the body of the carriage as a whole is in a practically fixed position relative to the running gear. In going from'the street level, up over a curb, onto the pavement, the back of thecarriage is of necessity inclined down-.

wardly. Usually such inclination is obtained by exerting downward pressure on the carriage handle suflicient to lift the front wheels of the carriage up and over the curb. Such inclination of the-body of the: carriage is obviously objectionable in that the occupant, if asleep, is oft-times awakened and cannot-help but be more or less disturbed due to the tilting ofthe carriage body.

An object of my invention 1s to provide an T auxiliary chassis or under-carriage by means of which, with the aid of foot pressure, the

forward end 'of the primary chassis, and hence the body, may be elevated sutliciently to lift the front wheels up and over the curb without inclining'or in any way disturbing the normal horizontal position of the body.

A still further object of the invention is to so construct the auxiliary chassis, whichtirn cidentally carries the rear wheels, so that said auxiliary chassis, when not lowered by foot pressure, is yieldingly held in parallel ism with and fixed in its relation to the pri mary chassis or frame.

A still further ob ect of the invention is to provide a form of auxiliary chassis which may be adapted to baby carriages, and other typesof hand propelled vehicles of more or less conventional design.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, f Fig.1 is aside elevation of the baby carriage, with the auxiliary chassis raised into parallelism with the primary chassis or body supporting frame; 1

is a similar yiew showing the aux:

iliary chassis depressed}, Fig. 3 is a plan view riage;

Fig. tisa section onthe line 44 of Fig. 1, and 1 i Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

1n the embodiment of the invention selecte d for illustration a baby carriage of sub stantially conventional design is'shown. It comprises the usual -body110, mounted on' springs 10 the latter being fastened to the primary chassis or frame 11. To said frame 11 the auxiliary chassis is hinged as at '12.;

The auxiliary chassis is composed of longitudinal channelmembers 13 and a cross bar 14, and supports. intermediately of its ends, the rear axle ,15 (carrying the rear wheels 16. w v

Vhen the auxiliary chassis is in its normal position asshown in Fig.,1,the mainchassis 11 nests into the channels 13 oftheauxiliary chassis as shown in Fig-5, The main chassis has one or more spring clips '17 attached to each side thereof in such .a manner as to engage the-channels 13 o f the'auxiliary chassis asshown in Fig. 4, so asto keep the two frames together Whenfthe auxiliary chassis is not being used to raise the vehicle.

In operation the carriage is handled in riage to assume an angle withirespect to' the groundv thatis independent of the angle thru which the -auxiliarychassis is tilted,

bf the under-ear it is readily understood that the carriage may be so guided by means of the handle 18 on the handle 18 until the cross bar 14 will transfer the weight'of the carriage to the front wheels and thehandle .snap it into place in theclips 17. The: car--;.

' ping'that' otherwise is necessary and doesnot' tend to frighten thechild as such an unexriage in this manner is a cular effort.

18;" The springs "21 will. then raise 'the aux;

iliary chassis against'the main frame andriage may then be pushed forward until the rear wheels are also on thenelw level; 7

From the foregoing description it is read- 'i' pparems can: theabil'tiy torrise the-carin that it does not inan-y Way disturh: the child in the carriage by tilting its head downwards orby actuallysliding the child around in the carriage. t i

- In the case of strollers, where'the ch ld is sitting up, it eliminates the unnatural tipp 'ected peculiar motion would do.

Furthermore, the effort required to raise the carriage means of: apressure with the foot is no exertion, to the operator because the weight-of'the operators'body used tosecure-the necessary force, whereas the vehicles now knownt'o'he used require the operator to actually depress theearriage handle, during the tilting operation, by purely mus- Accordingly, my invention makes; the manipulation of the carriage less tiresome-as well asmore efficient. I

'While I have described my invention in detail in its presentpreferred embodiment, it will be obvious to thos'e'slki-lled. in theart after understanding my invention, thatjva= rious changes and modifications maybe: made therein Without departing'froin the spirit or scope thereof-Q I aimin the appended claims? to cover all such modifications and changes.

WVhat isclaimed is: I

e I. In a perambul a-tor, a body, a pri mary chassis supporting said body, front wheels mounted onan axle fastened to said primary chassis, anauxiliary chassis comprisingl on.- gitudinally extending frame members within which correspondinglyextending portions of theprimary chassis are adapted to' normally nest,xmeans yieldingly holding said parts in nested relation, a 'connectionbetween said 7 auxiliary and said primary chassis, and rear wheels mountedon an axle fastened to said auxiliary chassis, said axle providing an axis about which said auxiliary 'chassis is adapted to fulcrumto de-nest said parts and elevate 'sti nct advantage the front wheels and hence the primary" chassis relatively to the rear wheels.

2. In a perambulator, a body, a primary chassis supporting said body, front wheels mounted on an axle fastened to said primary chassis, an auxiliary chassis fastened at its forward end to said primary chassis, said auxiliary chassis having formed thereon a foot bar and being movable by foot pressure relatively to said primary chassis, rear wheels mounted on an' axle fastened to saidauxiliary chassis intermedia'tely of its ends, said axle providing an axis about which said auxiliary chassis is. adapted to fulcrum, to elevate the, frontwheels relatively to: the rear wheels, "and a spring for returning the auxiliary chassis I to a normal position in parallelism with the primary chassis when the foot pressure on c the foot bar is relieved. V

3. In a perambulator, a primary chassis, a body mounted upon said primary chassis,

anauxiliary chassis pivotal lyfastened to said primary chassis and movable from are-tract:-

e'dto an extended position toibodily raise said primary'chassis and hence'said' body relativelyto the ground, rear supporting wheels. fastened to: said auxiliary chassis: and about;

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the axis of which said auxiliary chassis adapted to fulcrum to raise said primary chassis, and front supporting wheels fastened tosaid primary chassis, said front supporting wheels: and said rear supportingwheels, in the re-tracted position of said auxiliary chassis, jointly providing a running. gear upon which the entire. weight o'fithe perambulator isborne. a c 4'. In a perambulator; aprimarychassis, a-

body mounted-upon said primary chassis,an

auxiliary chassis pivotally fastened to said primary chassis and movableafrom a. .re-

tracte'd substantially horizontal position to an extendedanguliar' position tob'odiliy' raise said primary chassis andhence said body;

relatively to the. ground, rear supporting Wheels fastened to: said auxiliary chassisand about the axis of which. said auxiliary chassis is; adapted. to fulcrum. to, raise;- said primary chassis, and front supporting wheels fastened to said priimary chassis, said front support ingwheels and. said rear supporting wheels, in the 're-tracted position ofsaid auxiliary chassis, jointly providing a running gear upon which the entire weight of the peranr bulator' is home.

5. In a'perambulator, a primary chassis, as

body mounted upon said primarychassis, auxiliary chassis fastened to said primary chassis and movable by foot-pressure from a re-tracted position close up against and substantial ly parallel with V said primary chassis to an extended position at ananglethereto-to bodily raise saidprimary chassis and hence said body relatively tothe ground, rear supporting wheels fastened to said auxiliary chassis and about the axis of which said aux signature JOSEPH J. POWERS 

